...then likely have few burdens. Why? Because the level of technology needed to revive cryos is high compared to today, and so therefore people of that future era will have extremely high standards of living.
AS far as what you think the future might be like, think for yourself. Don't rely on what you see in the movies. Movies and fiction need conflict in order to have an interesting story....
the information that is "me" (stored in the brain) is still recoverable, and as science advances, that information may well be recovered , and I will live again, hopefully.
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People who are so afraid of death or who feel their lives weren't long enough need therapy to cure their over-inflated feeling of self-importance.
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If you run when you see a bus coming at you on the street, maybe you just have an overinflated feeling of self importance?
especially one who can't stay out of the deep end. We do it because of the social contract: you look out for me and I will look out for you. That is why we save people who have medical problems.
when I was going to school as a student/security guard, I signed a contract to have my head cryopreserved. It only costs $100/month generally.
It is not for rich people. You can be poor and be a cryonicist.
People, the USA is the business of its citizens. We american citizens own this country. It is where we make our livings. You think any small businessman would want any competition from down the street? We built this country up from wilderness. This is the best country in the world for attracting capital b/c of our stability, and it got that way b/c of us and our ancestors, and guess who gets to reap the rewards? We citizens, not non-citizens. Any small businessman fights for every scrap of profit, and so should we do the same. The problem is that some US citizens (and many noncitizens) make their living from buying the labor of those who work in the USA, and naturally they want to drive down the cost of labor. That price of labor is OUR PROFIT, people. That is the benefit of being a citizen--getting the right to work in the country we built!
Oops Forgot to add more options to the vote of confidence: if the politician gets less than 20% vote of confidence, give him 20 years, less than 10%, hang him.
And I know a good way to start--hang 'em, hang 'em high. When we make an example of a few by hanging them in the street, and throw rotten fruit at their dangling corpses, the rest of them will straighten up real soon.
I am serious. But let's do it legally; we can start with a constitutional amendment allowing petition based public-initiated referendums in all states. That would allow us to generate and hopefully pass laws and vote on them at the polls. Then, we pass a law that allows us to take confidence votes on elected and appointed officials. There could several options for a poor vote of confidence: for example, if the official (e.g., the President) receives a confidence vote of less than 40%--fire him; if less than 30%, imprison him 1 year;
These people are our servants; let's start acting like it. This sort of control by the people has a long and distinguished history. You ever hear of the phrase, "Let them eat cake"?
We can also start by taking control of our airwaves, and setting aside a significant portion of time to free political speech, some of which may be randomly donated by lottery.
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....BILLIONS of days to sit under the trees of a MILLION planets.
...then likely have few burdens. Why? Because the level of technology needed to revive cryos is high compared to today, and so therefore people of that future era will have extremely high standards of living. AS far as what you think the future might be like, think for yourself. Don't rely on what you see in the movies. Movies and fiction need conflict in order to have an interesting story....
...giving those needy people all of YOUR assets. Go ahead, help yourself. I am waiting....
the information that is "me" (stored in the brain) is still recoverable, and as science advances, that information may well be recovered , and I will live again, hopefully.
>> People who are so afraid of death or who feel their lives weren't long enough need therapy to cure their over-inflated feeling of self-importance. >> If you run when you see a bus coming at you on the street, maybe you just have an overinflated feeling of self importance?
....and vitrification? maybe you had better find out....
especially one who can't stay out of the deep end. We do it because of the social contract: you look out for me and I will look out for you. That is why we save people who have medical problems.
when I was going to school as a student/security guard, I signed a contract to have my head cryopreserved. It only costs $100/month generally. It is not for rich people. You can be poor and be a cryonicist.
maybe b/c H1Bs and computer industry shills modded me down?
Now watch the foreigners mod me down....
we own this country, it is ours, and all the benefits of ownership/citizenship should go to us citizens, and not foreigners.
Oops Forgot to add more options to the vote of confidence: if the politician gets less than 20% vote of confidence, give him 20 years, less than 10%, hang him.
I am serious. But let's do it legally; we can start with a constitutional amendment allowing petition based public-initiated referendums in all states. That would allow us to generate and hopefully pass laws and vote on them at the polls. Then, we pass a law that allows us to take confidence votes on elected and appointed officials. There could several options for a poor vote of confidence: for example, if the official (e.g., the President) receives a confidence vote of less than 40%--fire him; if less than 30%, imprison him 1 year; These people are our servants; let's start acting like it. This sort of control by the people has a long and distinguished history. You ever hear of the phrase, "Let them eat cake"?
We can also start by taking control of our airwaves, and setting aside a significant portion of time to free political speech, some of which may be randomly donated by lottery.
That is all....
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